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Shadow ([personal profile] iamshadow) wrote in [community profile] cap_ironman2013-03-29 05:22 pm

Fic: I Walked A Thousand Miles Just To Slip This Skin (R) by IamShadow

Title: I Walked A Thousand Miles Just To Slip This Skin
Author: [personal profile] iamshadow
Fandom: The Avengers, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Pairings: Gen, Pre-slash Steve/Tony
Rating: R
Word Count: 18,679
Summary: He's become so used to being Iron Man and an Avenger, to battling Doombots and aliens and evil scientists trying to take over the world, that he'd forgotten that sometimes people want to do harm to you, personally, when you've just snuck out of the Tower to get mid-afternoon doughnuts.
Content: Genderswap, gender dysphoria, body issues, self esteem issues, non-consensual drugging, references to rape, references to hate crime, references to transphobia, references to war crimes, trope subversion.
A/N: Written for my Free Square of Round One of [community profile] trope_bingo.

This story was partly born out of frustration at depictions of genderswap in fic as being cracky, sexy funtimes, or as a vehicle to slash. I wanted to write Tony struggling with gender dysphoria, with the journey his character takes being the prime focus, rather than a vehicle to a ship. So, this story has subtle hints of changing feelings, but that's not the point of it.

This is also the longest one shot I've ever written. \o/

Enormous thank yous to my gender betas, [personal profile] nathaniel_hp and [personal profile] kaz, and my story betas, [personal profile] 51stcenturyfox and [personal profile] tree00faery. You're all awesome, and this story is a hundred times better because of you.

On AO3 - On DW - On LJ Part One / Part Two
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[personal profile] peaceful_sands 2013-03-29 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
This was an amazing story. I love the depth and consideration and the way your characters evolved and interacted, the challenges Tony faced and the way people tried and both failed and succeeded to provide the support and friendship he needed. I loved Natasha's blunt dealings with him, that hit to the truth of what he needs. I enjoyed Steve's development, your portrayal of him as someone who doesn't do always do the right thing but is always trying to do the right thing rings true for me. He realizes he's making a mistake and handling the situation badly, so he tries to become informed. To me this feels true of his character.



scrollgirl: steve in cap uniform and tony in black sabbath long-sleeved shirt (marvel steve/tony)

[personal profile] scrollgirl 2013-03-29 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I left you kudos over on AO3, but I wanted to add that this story was fantastic--just incredibly smart and nuanced and in-character. I've written my share of wacky-science-turns-character-into-'girl' fic, but with far less sensitivity than your story. Tony's reaction to these changes to his body feel spot-on, and Steve trying to educate himself is very believable. But my favourite parts were Natasha's quiet and unobtrusive support and Tony's appreciation of it, and Tony realizing he'd been neglecting Bruce.

Kudos again, and I hope you write more Avengers fic!